Aldo Leopold Quotes
We speak glibly of conservation education, but what do we mean by it? If we mean indoctrination, then let us be reminded that it is just as easy to indoctrinate with fallacies as with facts. If we mean to teach the capacity for independent judgement, then I am appalled by the magnitude of the task.
Quotes to Explore
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A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.
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I am who I am.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.
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I guess I don't believe that death is the end.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries where government is at the mercy of alienated intellectuals, rambunctious colonels, and rioting students.
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I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
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I think in French, but I get angry in Spanish.
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Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.
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Even though I take care of the mom stuff, I've maintained my own individuality with my own projects, and I think our girls see that I'm not just the mom or the wife.
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I've done a lot of independent films that not a lot of people have seen.
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We speak glibly of conservation education, but what do we mean by it? If we mean indoctrination, then let us be reminded that it is just as easy to indoctrinate with fallacies as with facts. If we mean to teach the capacity for independent judgement, then I am appalled by the magnitude of the task.
